abstemiousness meaning

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abstemiousness (noun): restricted to bare necessities.

abstemiousness has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

abstemiousness as a noun

  1. restricted to bare necessities

    Type of: meagerness

    Related forms: abstemious

  2. moderation in eating and drinking

    Type of: temperance

    Related forms: abstemious

Scrabble score: 18 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AB · words ending in SS · 14-letter words

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